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Camille: Good analysis of the Iraq debacle and the post-9/11 behavior of Christine Whitman. You're absolutely right that the Bush administration, mired in mediocrity and incompetence as it is, drags down everyone associated with it, including otherwise competent people like Whitman.
One paragraph you wrote is sure to bring down the wrath of our liberal colleagues, but I nevertheless agree with you that the actions of the Bush administration in safeguarding us from terrorist attack at the expense of some of our personal liberties is one of the few things it's done right.
You wrote: "The Bush administration assures us that, thanks to its invisible hand, we are far safer than we would have been with a bleeding-heart Democrat at the helm. I suspect this is true: The lack of scruple about constitutional guarantees that has been openly flaunted by Vice President Dick Cheney might well have nipped nascent conspiracies in the bud -- though at the price of the massive surveillance and targeting of innocent citizens."
